What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
To be joined to a harlot means that sexual union makes two persons one body, for the two become one flesh. That union violates the body's sacred relation to Christ, because it takes bodily members belonging to Christ and makes them one with a harlot, corrupting what belongs to Him. It stands in direct opposition to being joined to the Lord as one spirit.
The body is not one's own to use as one pleases, but belongs to Christ who purchased it. It is a member of Christ and a temple of God where the Spirit dwells, and must not be defiled by lust or made an instrument of unrighteousness. The warning is spoken through the apostle to those who claim to be Christians, not to those who have made no profession of righteousness, and those who remain subjects of the enemy are not temples of God. Fidelity requires making no concessions to the enemy, changing not one principle of truth received from God, and holding no converse with those in league with evil angels, because peace was never purchased by compromise.
The verse belongs to the lesson of the whole sixth chapter that ministers and medical missionaries should study. It calls watchmen to wake up, take in the situation, and give the warning message for this time by understanding their need to be healed of the maladies of sin and unbelief, refusing the teachings of the prince of darkness, having Satan cast out of the heart, and humbling defective hearts before the Lord to receive help. It is divine instruction to those for whom Christ died that sexual sin is not merely private. It calls them to glorify God in body and spirit by respecting the laws governing the body, overcoming temptation especially temptation on appetite by which thousands fall, ceasing to please and gratify self, and doing their utmost to appreciate the body and keep every organ, nerve, muscle, and sinew in perfect health in order to preserve health and prevent suffering and disease.
Its warning applies not only to harlotry outside marriage but to indulgence of baser passion through all the years husband and wife are united. Such indulgence is fornication that spoils the purity of the home, subjects mind and body to lust, destroys self-control and moral power, debases and diseases body, soul, and spirit, and makes a person unfit as a temple for the Holy Spirit. The opposite required is to be joined to the Lord as one spirit, in oneness with Christ with body, soul, and spirit sanctified, treating the body as God's property and presenting it as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable to God.
To be joined to a harlot means that sexual union makes two persons one body, for the two become one flesh. That union violates the body's sacred relation to Christ, because it takes bodily members belonging to Christ and makes them one with a harlot, corrupting what belongs to Him. It stands in direct opposition to being joined to the Lord as one spirit.
The body is not one's own to use as one pleases, but belongs to Christ who purchased it. It is a member of Christ and a temple of God where the Spirit dwells, and must not be defiled by lust or made an instrument of unrighteousness. The warning is spoken through the apostle to those who claim to be Christians, not to those who have made no profession of righteousness, and those who remain subjects of the enemy are not temples of God. Fidelity requires making no concessions to the enemy, changing not one principle of truth received from God, and holding no converse with those in league with evil angels, because peace was never purchased by compromise.
The verse belongs to the lesson of the whole sixth chapter that ministers and medical missionaries should study. It calls watchmen to wake up, take in the situation, and give the warning message for this time by understanding their need to be healed of the maladies of sin and unbelief, refusing the teachings of the prince of darkness, having Satan cast out of the heart, and humbling defective hearts before the Lord to receive help. It is divine instruction to those for whom Christ died that sexual sin is not merely private. It calls them to glorify God in body and spirit by respecting the laws governing the body, overcoming temptation especially temptation on appetite by which thousands fall, ceasing to please and gratify self, and doing their utmost to appreciate the body and keep every organ, nerve, muscle, and sinew in perfect health in order to preserve health and prevent suffering and disease.
Its warning applies not only to harlotry outside marriage but to indulgence of baser passion through all the years husband and wife are united. Such indulgence is fornication that spoils the purity of the home, subjects mind and body to lust, destroys self-control and moral power, debases and diseases body, soul, and spirit, and makes a person unfit as a temple for the Holy Spirit. The opposite required is to be joined to the Lord as one spirit, in oneness with Christ with body, soul, and spirit sanctified, treating the body as God's property and presenting it as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable to God.